Wedding Planning During COVID-19
Wedding Planning During COVID-19 – the situation surrounding this virus is constantly changing.
Please keep checking with CDC.
Wedding planning is challenging enough and now we are all sequestered. Thank goodness for email, texting and phones.
We have been advised to avoid gatherings with more than 10 persons. Everything is very fluid right now.
Clients with weddings in April and May are wondering if they should reschedule their weddings, or go to plan B.
We are asking our clients to hold-off making any decisions until there is more information.
We should be receiving new updates at the beginning of April, 2020, as this is an ever-changing situation.
Venues are booking-up fast due to being inundated with reschedules, and many of these venues are only offering Fridays and Sundays with limited dates and setup times.
Please read the fine print if you are resigning a contract with your venue – are the hours the same for setup or less hours? We are seeing shorter setup times due to the impact of COVID-19. Please verify in writing.
If you need to move your wedding to a different venue, and you want something beautiful and private with more date flexibility, please consider checking out a private estate or mansion.
Our company has access to over 4,000 private estates. https://giannaandcompany.com
How the Coronavirus is impacting the wedding industry and possible wedding planning solutions:
- Start communicating with your guests NOW – use your website to communicate with your guests of any updated plans.
- Are there any elderly guests or guests with compromised immune systems coming to your wedding? These people are the most vulnerable.
- Live Stream – If you decide to proceed with your wedding date (once you know that you can and what your venue is doing to safeguard your guests), consider live-streaming your wedding. Maybe Facebook live or Instagram Live, so those that cannot attend will be able to see your wedding live.
- Social distancing – See CDC.s://www.cdc.gov
- Dresses – 80% of the dresses come from China. Many of the factories have been temporarily shut-down. Check with your dress vendor to confirm the status of your dresses.
- Will you guest count be over 50 persons? Stay current on city and state mandates.
- Setup a sanitation station and or place hand sanitizers throughout your event and make sure that there are bacterial soaps in the restrooms.
- Rescheduling your wedding – after you have considered all the options and your current date is too close to proceed or there are complications, you may wish to consider choosing a new date. Please reach-out to your venue and all of your event professionals to see if they are available, before you make the final decision. If you have a planner, they should guide you.
- Wedding insurance – if you purchased insurance pre-COVID-19, you might be eligible for claims if your venue cancels your wedding and does NOT offer you alternative dates. If your venue forces the cancellation, you should be covered. Check with your Broker.
If you have questions or need to someone to talk about your wedding, please do not hesitate to call our office at 310-994-7789 or email us at gianna@giannaandcompany.com
Gianna and Company is an event planning company with access to over 4,000 private estates and mansions in the greater Los Angeles area.
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Stay safe and stay healthy.
